I just saw the film "The Stoning of Soraya M." today. The film is an adaptation of Franco-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's novel, which is based on the real story. Brief synonpsis of the film: a woman in a small village in Iran talks to a reporter about the stoning of her niece the previous day, on charges of adultery.There's more to the story, but I won't spoil any of it.

I did not know much about stoning before I saw the movie, besides the fact that it happens in various places around the globe. I was in for quite a shock as I watched the scene where Soraya is stoned. I won't go into any detail, but it was a very difficult scene to watch and I looked away quite a few times. At the end of the film, there are a few comments about the story and stoning practices. A great film, and I highly recommend it, but it is pretty intense.

Here's a link to the film's website, if anyone is interested.

I encourage feministing readers to go to the site and look around, and click the get involved link off of the main page. There are some links there, one to a website for Americans for UNFPA.

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